Yesterday wasn't the greatest day. Today, I'm horribly tired, and my heart is having bouts of racing. Yesterday I found that a gummy didn't help much when I started to feel on edge so I took half a hydrocortisone. Ended up crashing about 3 hours earlier than I usually would. I realized I was totally overdoing it with the exercise. Especially since I'm not getting any results. If I ever need to hold my schedule for a week or so, then it might be worth it because it helps keep me from being up too long. 

I ended up sleeping a whopping 11 hours, something I haven't done in years. Got a horrible sleep score of 79, though. I decided to sleep with the sound machine at a comfortable volume, and therefore the recycling truck was able to wake me up. Fortunately, I was able to fall back asleep quickly, but I kept waking up a lot. Had to pee at one point as well. 

My HRV was at 20. It only checks it in your sleep, though. 

Like me, he's noticed a decline in stamina. He dreads cleaning the gutters because he knows it's going to drain the shit out of him. Just walking a mile to pay the water bill wiped him out as well. So he made a flow chart and created a circuit training plan that is supposed to improve his fitness level in a healthier way. It alternates between light workouts, HIIT routines, and strength training. If it helps him then I'm going to do the same thing. 

I miss the days when I felt good most days and had energy most days as well. When I think back to when I was in school many decades ago, and how I was active all day long and then after school until bedtime with plenty of energy to spare that I would lie there awake for what seemed like forever, I wonder how the hell I ever did that. I know I could never pull it off these days. 

Again, without sounding discouraging or even scary, I hope this helps my younger followers in their older age to read about what it's like for some of us to grow old as I would guess they're going to experience at least some of the things I've experienced.